(SACRAMENTO, CA.) –State Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins appointed Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) to serve on the Special Session Committee on Public Health and Developmental Services today.
“I’m humbled that Speaker Atkins would ask me to join in on the efforts to improving California’s public health and the developmentally disabled community. More must be done to increase developmentally disabled awareness and expand resources,” said Assemblymember Garcia. “We must also address the crisis affecting our public health sector—when it comes to medical reimbursements our state is at the bottom when compared to the other 49 states!”
Full roster on Committee on Public Health and Developmental Services:
Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), Chair
Assemblymember Brian Maienschein (R-San Diego), Vice Chair
Assemblymember Catherine Baker (R-Pleasanton)
Assemblymember Susan Bonilla (D-Concord)
Assemblymember Nora Campos (D-San Jose)
Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Riverside)
Assemblymember Marc Levine (D-San Rafael)
Assemblymember Chad Mayes (R-Yucca Valley)
Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles)
Assemblymember Marc Steinorth (R-Rancho Cucamonga)
Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Monterey Bay)
Assemblymember Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond)
Assemblymember Jim Wood (D- Healdsburg)
Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) serves as the Chairperson of the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy. He represents the 56th district, which comprises the cities and communities of Blythe, Brawley, Bermuda Dunes, Calexico, Calipatria, Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, El Centro, Holtville, Imperial, Indio, Mecca, Oasis, North Shore, Salton Sea, Thermal, Thousand Palms, and Westmorland
